MCKENZIE, Alex
| Service Number: | 38188 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 11 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, 22 April 1922 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | RAAF Officer |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Lord Howe Island, 28 September 1948, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
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| 19 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 38188 | |
| 8 Aug 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 38188, No. 11 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 38188 | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 38188 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Warrant Officer (later Flight Lieutenant) McKenzie 38188 was injured in a take-off accident at Tadji airstrip, New Guinea as crew on Beaufort A9-414 (13 October 1944)
Catalina Flying Boat A24-381 of Number 11 Squadron crashed on Lord Howe Island on the 28th of September 1948 with seven of the crew killed and two survivors
SMITH, Malcolm Donald (Flight Lieutenant) 403541
McCOY, James Baker (Flight Lieutenant) 439317
KELLER, William David (Flight Lieutenant) 1636
McKENZIE, Alex (Flight Lieutenant) 38188
BACON, Sidney Howard (Warrant Officer) 32007
SALIS, Donald Edward (Warrant Officer) 3982
PIERCY, Sydney Lionel (Sergeant) 415876
BRADLEY, Bert Raymond (Flight Lieutenant) 414301 (survived)
LEA, John Dean (Warrant Officer) 442553 (survived)
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